It has begun: Belo Monte Dam

[Raptor]

Originally Posted by auroraglacialis

I am not sure if the ones who are opposing this, those who are affected by it and those who stand in solidarity with them have chosen the right weapons. Quiteobviously petitions and pleas dont really help against those people. Its about as effective as Grace asking Selfridge to please not bomb hometree - you cannot argue with these people, they are resistant to pleas and nice words. Especially if they cannot act from a free will but have to follow the will of lobbyists or economics. I guess the only way to stop them is a mass movement within the country, that has enough potential to topple the government. Like that is going to happen

You can't be so naive as to think that the only way of stopping this project is by overthrowing the government. I'm sure there are many other fronts that can be used to counter the dam, and wouldn't be nearly as extreme.

Originally Posted by auroraglacialis

So what are we doing? Standing by and watch as the world burns and indigenous people die. This goes to my heart and I feel helpless here. There has to be some way to put an end to this...

Try not to generalize the indigenous as unequivocally good. True, they should have the right to maintain their culture and their territory, but we shouldn't only consider the viewpoint of the indigenous. Don't get me wrong, I am against the Belo Monte Dam, but it's ridiculous to treat every industry vs. nature/indigenous in a black-and-white manner.